Identifier: entomologyforbeg00pack Title:
Entomology for beginners; for the use of young folks, fruitgrowers, farmers, and gardeners; Year:
1888 (
1880s) Authors:
Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905 Subjects:
Insects Publisher:
New York, H. Holt and company Contributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: larva, third stage; d, pupa;e, imago, male. Family Meloidae.—Prothorax narrower at base than the elytra,which are variable in form, in Melee very short and pointed; clawscleft or toothed; front of head vertical. Larva primitive, Campodea-form, certain species parasitic on bees; they mostly undergo a hyper-metamorphosis, there being three larval stages (Fig. 98, a, b, c). The blister-beetle or Spanish fly, Cantharis vesicatoria, Linn., is rep-resented in the United States by the species of Macrobasis andEpicauta (Fig. 99, E. cinerea Forst.), which, with Horia, passthrough a hypernietamorphosis in general like that of Meloe, the oilbeetle (Meloe angiisticottis Say). Family Pyrochroidae.—Antennae often ramose; hindcoxoe large andprominent; claws simple; head horizontal; elytra wider than abdo-men, rounded at tip. Pyrochroa Jlabellata Fabr.; Dendroides canadenmLatr. ORDER COLEOPTERA. 103 Family Anthicidae.—Hind coxae not prominent; antennae rarelyflabellate. Noloxus anchora, Hentz. Text Appearing After Image: FIG. 99.—Epicauta cinerea. a, end of second larval stage; c, d, coarctate larvaof E. vittata; e,f, pupa of E. cinerea.—After Riley. Family Mordellidae.—Antennae filiform; hind coxae laminiform;prothorax much narrowed in front; elytra narrowed behind. Mor-della 8-punctata Fabr. Family Cephaloidae.—Head prolonged behind and gradually nar-rowed. Cephaloon lepturides Newman. Family CEdemeridae.—Middle coxae very prominent. Nacerdesmelanura (Linn.). Family Pythidae.—Antennae free; thorax not margined; disk notimpressed at base. Pytho niger Kirby. Family Melandryidae —Antennae free; thorax margined at sides;disk with basal impressions. Melandrya striata Say. Family Monommidae.—Antennae received in grooves. Hyporhagusopaculm (Lee.). Family Lagriidae.—Penultimate joint of tarsi spongy beneath.Arthromacra lenea Say. Family Othniidae.—Ventral segments five, free; anterior coxaesmall. Othnius umlyrosus Lee. Family Cistelidae.—Tarsal claws pectinate. Cistela sericm Say. Fami Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.